3-Methoxythiophene

Chemical Properties

Clear light brown liquid

Uses

3-Methoxythiophene, is a heterocyclic building block used for the synthesis of more complex compounds containing Thiophene moiety. It can also be used for the preparation of novel thiophenyl-methylene-9H-fluorene-based low bandgap polymers.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Synthetic Communications, 20, p. 213, 1990 DOI: 10.1080/00397919008052285

General Description

3-Methoxythiophene is a thiophene. The intramolecular and intermolecular geometries of crystals of 3-methoxythiophene were studied. Spectroscopic studies of bipolarons derived from oligomerized 3-methoxythiophene in solution has been reported. The electropolymerization of 3-methoxythiophene on Pt and Fe electrodes in an aqueous micellar medium containing sodium dodecyl sulfate and 10^-3M bithiophene has been reported. Thin polymer films of 3-methoxythiophene at the cathode in a direct current discharge have been prepared.